How to Wash A Body Pillow
A body pillow is much bigger than a normal pillow, so it will absorb more grease, sweat, and even dirt from your skin. Washing and cleaning a pillow is totally different from cleaning a pillowcase. If you leave your pillow for too long and you do not clean it, I would recommend you change It entirely.
The methods I will show you will be easy to do whether you want to wash them in the washing machine, by your hands, or even spot cleaning them to remove light dirt and stains. So there will be a method below on how to wash a body pillow to your liking.
The 3 Methods To Wash A Body Pillow
1. How to Wash A Body Pillow With Machine Washing Method
Machine washing a body pillow should be the first method that comes to your mind, but you might be wondering how you would do it without ruining the pillow. Well, this is what this article will teach you so that you do not destroy your body pillow.
Step 1. Take the pillowcase off your pillow and wash them with a pillowcase cleaning method I will list at the end of the article. You will need to locate stained areas on your pillow that the machine will not be able to get out by just spinning it around. Once you locate all the stained areas, move on to the next step.
Step 2. Use a mild laundry detergent or a fels Naptha soap bar and either rub it on the stains or wet the stained areas with it, then scrub it with a scrub brush. You can wet the area with some water as well and brush it until the major of the stains are gone, or the stain looks like most of it is faded out.
Step 3. Once you have dealt with the stains, you can now put the body pillow into the washing machine and add a mild laundry detergent to the dispenser. Set the machine on the coldest water setting for 30 minutes. Set the spin cycle to the maximum as well.
Step 4. When the washing is completed, you now need to place the body pillow into the dryer on tumble try or air dry and let it dry. This might take a while because you will not be using any heat so just give it more time when one dry cycle is up.
2. Hand Washing Method To Clean A Body Pillow
Hand washing your body pillow is the next great way to remove stains and dirt. It might take some elbow grease, but your pillow will come out looking brand new and smell brand new again. You will need a few items for this method, so let us get them first.
What You Will Need:
- Scrub Brush
- Laundry Detergent
- Cleaning Container
- Warm Water
- Baking soda
Step 1. Fill a cleaning container with some warm water and add some laundry detergent to it and mix it around. Add half a cup of baking soda and mix it around. Now you are ready to clean your body pillow and deep clean it.
Step 2. Lightly sprinkle some of the water from the container all over the body pillow, and then take the scrub brush in one direction. Dip the brush in the water every few seconds when bushing the pillow until the pillow is clean.
Step 3. Once you have brushed and cleaned the pillow, you can put it into the dryer on tumble or air dry to let it dry. You can also place it outside on a hot day to let it try by the air.
3. Spot Cleaning Method On How to Wash A Body Pillow
Spot cleaning your body pillow is really easy, and the best way to spot cleaning your pillow is by pouring some rubbing alcohol into a spray bottle and spraying your entire pillow with it. Once you have done that, you can either use a microfiber cloth or paper towel and just give your pillow a normal wipe down.
Spot cleaning your pillow shouldn’t be used when there are a lot of stains; it should only be used when you just need to wipe your body pillow down without wetting it or washing it in the washing machine. Rubbing alcohol is the best product to use because it sanitizes and removes orders from your pillow and any light stains that are trying to come up.
Also Read:
How to dry a mattress in the quickest way
Final Thoughts:
Having a clean body pillow is ideal for medical reasons, and for you to sleep better at night. Just choose any of the methods above that suits the condition of your pillow and clean it so it can look and smell brand new again. Just always ensure that your pillow is always fully dried before you use it again or else it can. I have a musty smell and even start to have mildew on it.